FreeRadius : Logs not being generated in radacct directory

Question

I have installed and configured freeradius on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 as per this guide.

I have found that, everything is working fine, but no logs are generated in the /var/log/radius/radacct directory.

As per the guide, no changes are needed to be done in /etc/raddb/modules/detail.log.

Solution

You will have to uncomment certain lines in order to enable logging:

1. From the authorize section in /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default file:

   #
   #  If you want to have a log of authentication requests,
   #  un-comment the following line, and the 'detail auth_log'
   #  section, above.
   #      auth_log
   

2. From the post-auth section in /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default file:

       #
       #  If you want to have a log of authentication replies,
       #  un-comment the following line, and the 'detail reply_log'
       #  section, above.
   #      reply_log